Murder

The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a man’s murder conviction Thursday, finding the trial court had jurisdiction despite
his status as a “Moorish American National Sovereign” and “secured party creditor.”

The Indiana Supreme Court ruled in a per curiam decision a man who pleaded guilty to two counts of murder among other charges
can file a belated notice of appeal after the justices found “unique circumstances” in his case that did not allow
him to file an appeal of his sentence when it was decided in 1987.

The Indiana Supreme Court said admission of an autopsy report and testimony by a pathologist who did not complete the report
was not a violation of a man’s Sixth Amendment right to cross-examination and thus affirmed the trial court’s
conviction of second-degree murder.

An Indiana man drank whiskey with the uncle of a 1-year-old girl and then waited until the family fell asleep before abducting,
raping and killing the toddler, prosecutors said Monday in court documents.

The Indiana Supreme Court upheld a man’s convictions of four counts of murder and four life sentences without parole
after it found evidence was sufficient to justify his convictions. The case went straight from trial court to the Supreme
Court because of the life without parole sentences.

An Indianapolis man was convicted of murder, arson and insurance fraud on Wednesday for his role in a 2012 house explosion
that killed two neighbors and devastated a subdivision in the southern part of the city.

A deputy prosecutor told jurors that a natural gas explosion in Indianapolis that killed two and devastated a neighborhood
was no accident, while a defense attorney argued prosecutors failed to prove his client was involved despite the testimony
of 150 witnesses.